Provides readers with fresh insights into the country house and the ways it was shaped by domestic and foreign travel. It brings famous and less familiar houses to life through the aspirations and acquisitions of owners; the admiring or caustic comments of visitors, and the constant flows of goods,…
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…as the Nipmucks was situated in south-central New England and, during the early years of Puritan colonization, remained on the fringes of the expanding white settlements. This title presents the history of their way of life and its transformation with the advent of white settlement in New England.
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Drawing on a wealth of archival research, Carlos A. Forment demonstrates how citizens of Latin America established strong democratic traditions in their countries through the practice of democracy in their everyday lives.
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"This is a major work and, I think, Hunt's best. . . . Once picked up, the book cannot be put down, for it is an exciting exegesis of the continuing Italian influence upon English garden art."-Country LifeMore

…to George III in 1796 and became a life-long confidant of three of the King's sons. This book draws on confidential royal and family letters (recently discovered in the Waller Collection at the Warwickshire Country Record Office) to provide a glimpse of both court and private life from 1790 to 1850.
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…historian Richard Holmes delivers an expertly written and exhilarating account of the life of John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough and Britain's finest soldier, who rose from genteel poverty to lead his country to glory, cementing its position as a major player on the European stage and saviour…
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…(Britain's only ever 'joint monarchs') changed the course of the entire country's history, coming to power through a coup. This book makes both monarchs vivid, the cold, shrewd 'Dutch' William and the shortlived Mary, whose life and death inspired Purcell to write some of his greatest music.
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…in America and challenges, no single description captured the majority of the new country's inhabitants, no one lifestyle embraced the typical American. Rich or poor, native or immigrant, slave or free, white or coloured, each individual determined the shape and opportunities of everyday life.More

Legends and Lies: The Patriots reveals the arguments that turned friends into foes and the country into a warzone. Illustrated with spectacular artwork that brings this important history to vivid life. Legends and Lies, The Patriots is an irresistible, adventure packed journey back into one of the…
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…their history has been sadly neglected. Little information is available on these dedicated, amateur soldiers who were recruited into the ranks of a military organization that flourished across the country. But now, in this invaluable book, Ray Westlake, a leading authority on the military history of
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Caroline Matilda, youngest sister of George III, was exiled to a foreign country, and married to a nearly insane Crown Prince of Denmark. This book is the story of the life of Caroline Matilda. It describes the cruelty, poverty and oppression of life under an absolute monarch sinking into madness.
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